Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Martha A. UNDERWOOD

Martha A. UNDERWOOD

Female 1865 - 1943  (~ 78 years)


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  • Name Martha A. UNDERWOOD
    Birth Oct 1865  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Her obituary incorrectly states her birth date as Nov 19 1856 and her age as 87. Age 5 in the 1870 Census puts her birth in about 1865, about the same as age 18 at the time of her 1884 marriage. The 1900 Census shows her birth date as Oct 1865, the age 79y 1m 19d in her death record calculates to a birth date of Oct 17 1864.
    Gender Female
    Census 1870, 1900  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 6 Dec 1943  Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I84499  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2016

    Father Joseph Franklin UNDERWOOD,   b. 2 Mar 1836   d. 14 Jul 1895 (Age 59 years)
    Mother Mary Jane DOLBY,   b. CA 1839   d. 7 Oct 1889 (Age ~ 50 years)
    Family ID F46582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John W. LASURE,   b. CA 1862, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [5]
    Marriage 3 May 1884  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Lamen Andrew LEASURE,   b. 9 Feb 1893, Jug Run, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1980 (Age 86 years)
    +2. William LEASURE,   b. CA 1899, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F36156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    2. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    3. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.